beckenbauer against cheeting

[badtodabone]

just read this on another site after the amount of diving at this world cup i really would hope they do something about it.

 

Beckenbauer calls for summit to stop play-acting

 

BERLIN, July 6 (Reuters) - Franz Beckenbauer has called for a summit meeting of players, coaches and referees in a bid to stop the increasing trend towards play-acting and feigning injury which has blighted matches at the World Cup.

 

Beckenbauer, president of the German organising committee who skippered West Germany to World Cup victory in 1974 and coached them to success in 1990, said it was time for players to stop cheating in a bid to gain an unfair advantage.

 

'I think it is time to get the players, the coaches and the referees around the table and try to find some sort of solution to this problem.

 

'None of us in the game wants these incidents. The players are seeking to gain an unfair advantage and attempt to exploit every situation.

 

'The referees are there to correct this kind of misconduct, but the players do not make it easy for the referees.

 

'If I was a referee I would also show the yellow card to any player who signalled to the ref with an imaginary card to get an opponent booked. That is also cheating.'

 

World governing body FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA are planning a technical convention with coaches, referees and players' representatives in Berlin in September to discuss the World Cup with cheating and play-acting set to be on the agenda.

 

Beckenbauer was also disappointed with the number of goal attempts at the finals, adding, 'as the old German coach Sepp Herberger used to show, if you don't shoot, you won't score. Well there have not been enough shots on goal as far as I am concerned.'

 

Speaking six years to the day after Germany was awarded the right to stage the finals by FIFA, Beckenbauer said the World Cup had been an astonishing success and had brought people together in a way the organisers could only have dreamed of.

 

'The Fan Miles have been a spectacular success and Germany has celebrated the World Cup in a way few thought was possible.'

 

we live in hope..

[Leo No.8]

just read this on another site after the amount of diving at this world cup i really would hope they do something about it.

 

Beckenbauer calls for summit to stop play-acting

 

BERLIN, July 6 (Reuters) - Franz Beckenbauer has called for a summit meeting of players, coaches and referees in a bid to stop the increasing trend towards play-acting and feigning injury which has blighted matches at the World Cup.

 

Beckenbauer, president of the German organising committee who skippered West Germany to World Cup victory in 1974 and coached them to success in 1990, said it was time for players to stop cheating in a bid to gain an unfair advantage.

 

'I think it is time to get the players, the coaches and the referees around the table and try to find some sort of solution to this problem.

 

'None of us in the game wants these incidents. The players are seeking to gain an unfair advantage and attempt to exploit every situation.

 

'The referees are there to correct this kind of misconduct, but the players do not make it easy for the referees.

 

'If I was a referee I would also show the yellow card to any player who signalled to the ref with an imaginary card to get an opponent booked. That is also cheating.'

 

World governing body FIFA and its European counterpart UEFA are planning a technical convention with coaches, referees and players' representatives in Berlin in September to discuss the World Cup with cheating and play-acting set to be on the agenda.

 

Beckenbauer was also disappointed with the number of goal attempts at the finals, adding, 'as the old German coach Sepp Herberger used to show, if you don't shoot, you won't score. Well there have not been enough shots on goal as far as I am concerned.'

 

Speaking six years to the day after Germany was awarded the right to stage the finals by FIFA, Beckenbauer said the World Cup had been an astonishing success and had brought people together in a way the organisers could only have dreamed of.

 

'The Fan Miles have been a spectacular success and Germany has celebrated the World Cup in a way few thought was possible.'

 

we live in hope..

 

Good points from The Kaizer - hopefully others at the top of the game will sit up and take note.

 

Fingers crossed Beckenbauer gets the FIFA Presidency and makes a point of sorting this out, because Blatter would rather be bringing in half goals for kicking the ball over the bar and banning goalkeepers, that kind of thing.

[JayKay]

As the debate over diving rages on, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has weighed in with his suggestion that the culprits be the subject of trial by video.

 

The diving element has been prevalent at this summer's World Cup, with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo coming in for particular criticism for some unsavoury incidents.

 

Referees have already been directed by Fifa to caution players for simulation but Wenger believes it is time the authorities took a harder line on offenders.

 

The Frenchman advocates using video evidence to punish players who seek to gain an unfair advantage, otherwise he fears the problem will continue to escalate.

 

"These things must now be looked at after the match with a view to taking retrospective action," said Wenger.

 

"The trouble is a generation of players has grown up with Maradona's Hand of God as an example."

 

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Have a word with that Eboue lad Arsene, will ya

Edited July 7, 2006 by JayKay

[Coyler]

Have to tackle the way you can stop a counter-attack by getting down and lying on the ground forty yards away as well.

[ManxRed]

Arjen Robben, Fake Ronaldo, Deco, Van Bommell, Joke Hole, Henry, etc.

 

Let them taste Mr Baton.

 

Sorted.

Edited July 7, 2006 by ManxRed

[Cobs]

They should fine the managers of players who cheat.

 

 

That'll stop it.

[Leo No.8]

link

 

Have a word with that Eboue lad Arsene, will ya

 

To be fair, Wenger publically lambasted Eboue for his dive in the final...

[JayKay]

 

To be fair, Wenger publically lambasted Eboue for his dive in the final...

Fair do's to him for that, haven't seen those comments